Smoke hood for cookstoves



Paienie Aug. 17, 1926.

NORMAN U. GBEENLA-W, OF NORVVAY, MAINE.

Applicoti on filed Mrch 10, 1926. Serial N0. 93,635.

This invention 1*elates to ooking app'liances ancl more especially conoerns a portable covering orl1ood designed to substantially inclose the spaoe arouncl a cooking utensil in which food is being coo'ked 011 the top of a stove.

In general, the object of niy inventioh is to provide means whereby smoke, stea1n or oclors, either o1 all 0'f tl1e1n, inciclent. 130 the cooking*of the foocl, may De concluctecl from the cooking chamber of tho hood outwarclly the'reof anal into the cornbustion space in the stove, from whence itnmy subsequently be clmwn into ancl Pass up the flue of the chi1nney.

While stezun generatecl from tl1e water in which 1neats 01 vegetables are being cookecl in orclinary pots or kettles is clisagreeable i1 allowed t0 escape into tho room, it is in 'the preparation of 'f00d requiring to be cookc'zdwith bubter, la1d 01 0il in open-top 01 loosely covered vessels thatthe efficac'y of 1ny clevice is best demonstracecl. Thes1noke and partioularly tho odor arisingfrom heating these fafis is extremelj obnoxious when die se1ninated throughout the house.

lt is a specifio objoct of 1ny invention eo provitle means to clmft oi? air pass'ing into and 0ut of the hoocl. I attain 1ny objoct by plaoing a partition innnecliatelynt tl1e rear 0'f alle foodcooking v.essel und carry it. upwardly 1:0

- Within a relativolyshott clistance from th'e top of the cool ing chaniber. Imount on ehe interior oi' tl1e top Wall of the hoocl, 0r on tne artition, preferably tl1e latter a clamper, by Whiol1 the effecfiive opening between the two clmrnbers ofthel1'oocl may be varied (ms desirecl. By the actuation of this dampar clraft of greater o1 losser potenoy may be -hacl.

Another object of this partition anclcla1nper in, 01 delay its exit from the c'h2unber in the hoocl wl1ere tl1e food is being cooked. By acljusting ehe clamper so thai; all sn1oke ancl stezun may escape bnt without unnecessarily dmfting the he'ated a'ir frn1 the cool;- ing chaxnber, a muoh higher te1n1aera'ture be maintainecl in the latter final tliis oloviously tencls to accelerate the cooking of the foocl. 7

-A still further objecls relates tothe 'curVed jaceiot tl1e front en'd. This cles3ign-of con' contro'l the force of the is to eitl1er wholly confine tl1e heat With- V t-op Wall o'f the snooke-hoocl ancl in form 01 struction prevents the smoko swerving arouncl tl1e eclge of the hoocl top and esoaping through the front opening into Ehe room, as it W oulcl clo shoulcl the top be niacle flao o1 sloping towarcl al e rear. This shape moreover, lms clistinct clireotional charmter'istics in that it turns the smoke 01 steam 1ising fro1n the fronii Portion of the cooking utensil, rearwardly, and materially assists in tl1eir expulsionfrom tl1e chamben Ancl an additional objeot pettains to the cloor atthe front encl of tl1e s1noke-hood, which wl1en closecl und in conjunction With the damper, whicl1 also may b closecl, couverts thesnloke-hoocl into a very oonvenient although improvised oven.

Nith thso a11d other objects in vievv the invention consists in certain novel features l1ereinafter shown and desc ribed und more speoifioally pointecl out in the appended claims; ncl in-the drawings in whiol1 one und tho preferred embo'climent of 1ny invention is illustrated- Fig. 1 1s a perspectiv'e 0f the snioke-hood with the front "cloor remov6cl;

'Fig. 2 is a sectinal elevation 0f tl1e srnokehood m0un'tecl ori a stove top With a cool:- i]t1g vessel in place, the sectioi1 being taken on a central longitudinal llne through oho s1noke-hood Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional vievv througl1 thosnooke-hoocl, showing the partition und the clamper; y 1

-Fig. 4- is a sicle view of tl1e clamper-holcling means, ancl 0f Ehe latter.

J0ined uo tlie! top Wall are the slcle walls. 2, Q, prefera'bly convenging towarcl the Tear of ehe srnoke-hoodond bel Whole strcture is matle slficientlylong to'embraloe space-ox'wr b0th the fr0nt ancl 1ea1 stove l 1oles 3 ancl 4, respectively, 01 the st0ve t0p 5, these holes communicating With ths combustion ohnmber 6 0f the stove ancl With the stove pipe 7, which latter continues on to the flue in the chimney (not shown).

A handle 8, by which the s1noke-hoocl be conveniently nmnipulated 0n und 011 the stove top, is securecl [0 tl'1s t0p wnll 0f the sn1olce-l1oocl, 01' any 0ther convenient 100ati0n thereon.

Divicllng l;he interlor space of the s1n0keh0od int0 two zornpmrtments is u partiti0n 9 extending; fr01n "0l10 base line 01" the smoke-hooul t0 a puint a relatively short distance from ohe t0p Wall.

On the upper eclge of tl1is artition, ab 10, I hinge a cla1nper 11, by Ehe actuati0n of Wl1i0h various sizes 0f sfi'ective openings in the passage netween the two compart1nents 0f the smolze-hood may be lmcl (0ne size being shown at x, .Fig. 2). '1l1e cla1nper nmy be turnecl so as t0 provicle an opening the full area 01 the pussage (the space between the partition ancl the t0p Wall), 01 it nmy 100 made t0 completely cl0ss the latl:er

By varying the size 0f this opening, w, from one compartment t0 the other, drafts 0f Various force nmy be obtained. Illustrations 0f this principle, somewhat analogous in application, might be citecl in the case orf the smoker placing his fingers over @he opening in the b0wl 01 his pipe, restric'ting its size. A clraft through the pipe stem Will greatly accelerate combustion 01: the tobac- 00; similarly with a waterhoseby reclucing the size '0f the aperture, as by a nozzle, the f0rce 0f the stream W111 be greatly zunplifiecl.

In son1e types 01 srnoke-hoocls the steam ancl s1n0ke are conclucted t0 und clischarged through the stove-hole 0ver which the Cooking vessel is placed. This greatly i1npedes the cooking operation clue to "alle cooling effect of the air drall downwarclly against Ehe heat 1ising 150 the cooking vessel.

lt Will be noted that in my sn1oke-hood this clischarge is through the rear st0ve-hole and that the relatively high partition shields the cooking vessel 1"r0n1 he cooling inflnence 0f the air clm:ftecl outwardly through ths clraft chamber.

In Fig. 5 1 illusfirate, 1"0r Ehe pnrp0se 0]": c0mparison with 1ny OWD, sev 1al conventional types 0f smoke-hoocls. In n1y first attempts in constructing smokehoocls 1 followed quite closely the general design 0f these just refenecl t0 bnt s00n founcl thatthey all werte cleficient in one particular, namely, a consiclerable quantity of sm0ke ancl steznn arising fron1 the slzillet near th.e front opening woulcl pass therethrough, this trouble being quite pronouncecl with the ones made similar to the illustrations, 1 ancl 1 The difficulty met with in the l clesign was that smoke woulcl ecldy and cling to the space within the squale upper corner 0f the hood and retarcl the progress of the same outwarclly from the chamber. The arrows point in tl1e clirection which the gas Will naturally take when rising from the cooking vessel ancl by 1eason 0I" the fact that the' tions so catch the gases rising in the forwarcl end 0f the cooking chamber anal by its curveal c0ntour against which the gases obliquely strike Will cleflect the1n rearwarclly in an even, uninterruptecl fl0w, until pickecl up anal carried forwarcl by the more rapidly 1noving current though the damper passage.

In the preparation 0f certain foocl 'the s1noke anal oder W111 quickly pass 0fi after the preliminary heating anal thereafter 01 until the cooking operation is completecl, there Wlll be 110 further annoyance I"1om i;his source. lt is aclvantageous t0 1'0- tain, so far as possible, the heal; within the cooking chamber so as to expeclite the coolzing 0f the foocl. So when this stage in the cooking pr0cess has been reached the da1nper n1ay be very nearly closecl, the cl0or 13 lowerecl, closing tl1e front opening 14, ancl the smoke-hoocl f01 all intents ancl purposes has been convertecl int0 an oven, the damper serving as an excellent heat COI1 trolling agent.

In n10st cases 1ny smoke-hoocl is clesignecl t0 be usecl simply as an agent t0 eliminate the gas ancl oder nuisance, ancl when employed as such alle front cloor 13 *may be clispensed with, as sh0wn in F l, whsre a clottecl outline 0nly, represens its Position 011 the smoke-hood When macle use 0f.

In Figs. 3 ancl 41 1 illnstrate a simple method of holcling the clamper llictionally fixecl in any clesi.recl position. Securecl to t-he hinge rocl, ab 10, is a spring handle 15 which has sufiicient set against the side 0f the sn1oke-hood S1Cl Wall t0 overcome alle weight of he clamper ancl hold ic in any position it is clesired c0 los placecl.

In operation, the resr stove cover fitting the stove hole 4 is rennovecl und the snioke% hood placecl 011 the stove t0p, with the clrai"t assage at the rear of the smoke-hoocl superimposed 011 this hole. The clamper is closed.

The cooking vessel with the foocl therein is placed over the hole 3, after first removing the c0ver, ancl immediately the food is heated sufliciently 130 emit fumes the damper is regulated so as to take care of all gas 01 odors but only in exceptional cases n1ust it loe full open.

By the proper adjustment 0t the da1nper muoh heat 1nay be retained in the cooking cl1amber and ntilized for cooking purposes.

My smoke-hoocl may be made as an integral structure,as for instance a steel stamping,or lt may be fabricated fro1n individual elen1ents and seoured together in any approved manner. The partition in any evenl; Will be either welded o1 riveted to the side Walls. While I have illustrated the da1nper as oscillating fro1n one of its lateral edges, it is obvious that it might be so constructed tl1at it would pivot at each end and swing from an axis centrally of its Width.

Having thus described 1ny invention, what I claim is:

l. A smoke-hood for cook stoves, co1npris ing two side Walls, a top, covering the space interjacent Said side Walls and deolining rearwardly in a curved for 1n t0 the base line of said smoke-hood, olosing one end thereof and leaving on the opposite end a relatively large opening out 0f said space, a door adapted 130 close said large opening, a partition joining said side Walls within and intennediate the ends of said smoke-- hood and eXtending fron1 the base line ot said smoke-hood upwardly to within a spaced distance of the said top and means whereby the air passage interoonnecting the two Compartments formed by tl1e s'aid partition may be restricted in varied and predetemnined amounts relative to t'he efitective size of the opening therethrough.

2. A sxnoke-hood for cook stoves, comprising two side Walls, a top, adapted to cover the space embraced by said side Walls, said top to decline rearwardly in a long ourved shape to the base line of said s1nokehood and tenninating at the f10nt end in a relatively short curve a spaced distance from the said base line, the convexsides of said curves being outwardly disposed, a partition joining said side Walls and extenoling fron1 the said base line upwardly to within a spaced distance from the said top, formingj within said smoke-hood two interconnecting co1npartments, a damper operable adjacent the intercommunioating passage, between the sa1d two compartments and 1neans to actuate said damper.

3. In a s1noke-hood for cook stoves, comprising, in connbinatiori witl1 a stove having afront and rear hole in the top thereoi, two lateral me1nloers converging towa'rd tl1e rearward end of said smoke-hood and adapted to embraoe space superjacent botli of two stove holes when said smoke-hood is in position onthe top 0f said stove, a damper operably positioned adjacent said interconnecting passage and means to hold said damper fixed in various positions relative to said passage.

4:. A smoke-hood f01 cook stoves, comprising two sides converging rearwardly, a top, covering the space embraced by said sides and forrning in longitudinal vertical section substantially an involute curve, tl1e starting point in the generation 0f the said ourve being l'ocated at the forward end of the smoke hoo'd, said t0p to close the rear end while leaving a relatively large opening in the front end of said smoke-hood, a partit ion ex tending transversely of' said smoke-hood and joined to the said sides and rising from the base line thereol t0 within a spaced distance 0f the said top leaving a relatively small interco1nmunicating passage between the two compartments of said smoke-hood, a damper adapted to restriot at various ti1nes and in vatious degrees tl1e effective size of the openi1ig between the said tvvo compartments and a handle on said hood for the purpose of manipulating tl1e same.

5. In a device 0f tl1e oharacter deSoribed, comprising a t0p 01 substantially involute contour in longitudinal elevation and the concave surface of whicl1 130 be inwardly disposed, two side s, said top and said sides joined together forming a closure having one open and one closed end, a door adapted to o1ose said open end, a vertical partition 10-- cated within and transversely 0f said closure and dividing the lattef into two compart- 1nents{one in the front and one in the rear end of said s1noke-ho0d, said partition being shortened in height so as to provide a relatively s1nall space above its upper edge whereby intercommunication between the said two compartments may be had and. means whereby the interi0r of said forward compartment 1nay loe completely closed against outside communication.

N ORMAN U. GREENLAW. 

